Total Crime Rate
19.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Helmsley Rise area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Shenley Brook End , and the 78th lowest crime rate of 852 local areas in Milton Keynes .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Helmsley Rise (MK4 4AR) in the last 12 months was 19.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% lower than the Shenley Brook End average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Helmsley Rise (MK4 4AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Inverewe Place, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stoneleigh Court (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Milton Keynes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lemmon Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverewe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benmore Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penhow Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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